Karajá language
Karajá, also known as Iny rybè, is spoken by the Karajá people in some thirty villages in central Brazil.
| Karajá | |
|---|---|
| Iny rybè: 1 | |
| Pronunciation | [iˌnə̃ ɾɨˈbɛ]: 1 |
| Native to | Brazil |
| Region | Araguaia River |
| Ethnicity | 3,600 Karajá people (2007) |
Native speakers | 2,700 (2006) |
Macro-Jê
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | kpj |
| Glottolog | kara1500 |
| ELP | Karajá |
There are distinct male and female forms of speech; one of the principal differences is that men drop the sound /k/, which is pronounced by women.
Karaja is a verb-final language, with simple noun and more complex verbal morphology that includes noun incorporation. Verbs inflect for direction as well as person, mood, object, and voice.
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